Need to Know: Bruins Olympics edition

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Feb 11, 2014 at 12:20 PMFeb 11, 2014 at 3:26 PM

On Wednesday, the fifth version of the NHL Olympics will begin. There are five Bruin players in Sochi, as well as Team Canada associate coach Claude Julien and assistant general manager Peter Chiarelli.

On Wednesday, the fifth version of the NHL Olympics will begin. There are five Bruin players in Sochi, as well as Team Canada associate coach Claude Julien and assistant general manager Peter Chiarelli.

The players doing the Five-Ringed Dance:

- Patrice Bergeron, Canada (second Olympics)

- Zdeno Chara, Slovakia (third)

- Loui Eriksson, Sweden (second)

- David Krejci, Czech Republic (second)

- Tuukka Rask, Finland (first)

There will be at least two games of Bruin-on-Bruin crime. Here's the full schedule of their games and where you can find it on your television, as well as all games for Team USA.

Feb. 18: Eight teams will play in qualification games for the quarterfinals

Feb. 19: Olympic quarterfinal games

Feb. 21: Olympic semifinal games

Feb. 23, 7 a.m. ET: Olympic gold medal game

For those unfamiliar with the Olympic tournament, here's how it works: the teams are split into three four-team group, with round-robin play in each group.

Group A Group B Group CRussia Austria Czech RepublicSlovakia Canada LatviaSlovenia Finland SwedenUnited States Norway SwitzerlandAfter group play, the teams will be ranked 1-12. The top eight will receive a bye into the quarterfinals, with teams ranked 9-12 playing to reach the final eight. It will then be single elimination from that point.